April 8th recognizes part of the economic disparity women struggle with, and our #RealPay campaign has tried to suss out how race and other societal realities put women at a considerable financial disadvantage. But there is another layer to the way pay discrimination works: LGBT-identified individuals are much more economically vulnerable than their straight counterparts.1 Read more …
I’ve always liked the saying, “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History.” It’s been in my mind as we observe Women’s History Month during the month of March.
Printable PDF passed July 7, 2013 Elect a Feminist Woman President and Celebrate NOW’s Golden Jubilee The Voting Rights Act (The Alice Paul Resolution) Sexual Assault in the Military-2013 Fair Wages and Treatment for Tipped Workers 2013-2014 National Action Campaign for Marriage Equality NOW Opposes Stereotyping Toys Challenging Walmart’s Discriminatory Practices ERA Resolution 2013 Preserving Read more …
Printable PDF passed June 26, 2011 Benefit Improvements For Social Security “Medicare For All” Is The Solution, Not The Problem Supporting State Action On Lesbian Rights Summer Celebration of Choice and Summer Of Trust Promoting Appropriate Responses To Immigrant Victims Of Domestic Violence Ensuring Inclusion Of Women And Girls With Disabilities In U.S. Department Of Read more …
Printable PDF passed July 4, 2010 Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Now Transparency and Accountability in the Gulf Coast Disaster NOW Must Make Welfare Reform a Priority A Call for the United States Senate to Expel David Vitter Stop Gun Violence against Women Restrict U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Lobbying on Capitol Hill Protect the Read more …
Stronger Together: United for Equality 2013 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Maria Antonia Berrios Maria Antonia “Toni” Berrios is serving her sixth term in the Illinois General Assembly as the 39th District State Representative. Representative Berrios is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the Illinois House of Representatives as well as Read more …
Loving Our Bodies, Changing the World 2010 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Boston Women’s Health Book Collective Award Recipient It all started in Boston, at a women’s liberation conference in 1969. Twelve women, ranging in ages from 23 to 39, met at a workshop titled Women and Their Bodies. After unpacking their own Read more …
Turning the Tide for Equality 2009 Conference Agenda Conference Speakers Jennifer Brunner Jennifer Brunner has had an exceptional career as a defender of fair elections. She became Ohio’s first female secretary of state when she replaced Ken Blackwell (notorious for the Ohio election scandals during the 2004 presidential elections). Brunner’s accomplishments propelled her to run Read more …
Energize! Organize! Stop the War on Women 2012 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Eve Ensler Keynote Speaker Eve Ensler is a Tony award winning playwright, performer and activist. She is the author of The Vagina Monologues, which has been published in 48 languages and performed in over 140 countries. Ensler’s newest work, I Read more …
No Capes, No Masks, No Boundaries: Feminist Super-Women Unite for the 2008 National NOW Conference! 2008 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Mónica Alemán Mónica Alemán serves as coordinator of the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI/IIWF) and program director of MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization. As an indigenous woman from Nicaragua, Alemán dedicates Read more …